CPI Blog
For Everything But Cars, There’s CPI
In the “non-automotive vehicular” category, CPI switches have racked up hundreds of design-ins over the years. For sure, automakers could use our switches too but our reliability, durability and long life generally isn’t something they are willing to pay for.
CPI 12 Volt Switches – An Enduring Legacy
For commercial applications of all kinds, switching 12 Volts is probably the most common bus voltage used with our sealed, waterproof limit switches. While CPI’s line of waterproof switches is rated to operate from 5V to 28V, 12 Volt applications
CPI – Helping Irrigate a Drier World
With a summer of record temperatures and unprecedented drought, the thoughts of many turn to irrigation systems and how to deploy them in a changing environmental landscape. Irrigation systems have evolved as key components of maintaining farm crops, preserving green spaces
CPI Helps Lead the Wireless Charge
You can think of wireless vehicle charging as an enhanced version of wireless smartphone charging with one big difference: The power required to generate the required electric field is significantly higher. As the power goes up, a number of additional
CPI Waterproof Switches Achieve Conformité Européenne (CE)
If you want to sell electronic products in Europe, it’s pretty important to achieve the certification “Conformité Européenne.” Commonly known as the CE marking, this certification affirms that the manufacturer complies with all applicable European health, safety, and environmental protection
Thermal Sensing for Avionics
CPI’s X1 thermal switch is being increasingly used by both American and European avionics manufacturers and integrators as their thermal switch of choice for spot detection of overtemperature conditions in systems throughout the aircraft. Recent integrations include FAA approval as a Fenwal
CPI Waterproof Limit Switches – a Better Proximity Switch
In one of the largest non-combat ship procurements since WWII, Canadian shipbuilder SEASPAN was chosen to be Canada’s primary contractor for the Joint Support Ships (JSS) being built for the Royal Canadian Navy. These purpose-built, multi-role vessels are tasked with
Waterproof Switches for Recreational Watercraft
We spend a lot of time on this blog talking about how you can’t kill our waterproof switches and how the navy, and commercial marine industries come to us for their most demanding and critical waterproof control sensing applications. But
Commercial Boats Use CPI Waterproof Limit Switches
Commercial boats face tough challenges every day. Whether they be fishing boats, commercial tugboats or cargo boats, this is not your lakeside motorboat environment. That’s why commercial boat manufacturers aren’t interested in messing around with the reliability or operational toughness
Thermal Switches for Military and Commercial Jets
In a past life I was privileged to work on the very first fly-by-wire system used on the F16. This was the first system of its type used in an operational jet fighter utilizing a quad redundant custom designed CPU
